Will NFL Ban Tush Push? Exec Gives Update on Potential Rule Change Amid Officiating Controversy

NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent revealed that the league plans to "lightly" review the tush push during the 2026 offseason, per Jayna Bardahl of The Athletic.

"We're just discussing it lightly, not a lot. It's a very difficult play to officiate from the line judges," Vincent said Wednesday. "We've got some work to do. We'll revisit that particular play, and we'll see how the membership feels about it if they want to do anything about it."

The NFL sent out memos to officials as well as all 32 teams regarding potential offsides and false start penalties on tush push plays during the 2025 season, according to Mark Maske of the Washington Post. The league instructed officials to call the plays "tight" moving forward, per Maske.

The instructions also included an example of the short-yardage play used by the Philadelphia Eagles in which a false start penalty should have been called during the team's 20-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 2.

After the game, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid discussed Philadelphia's offensive lineman potentially moving prior to the snap.

"Might have had a couple of them (where) they got off a little early on, but we'll look at that," Reid said, via NFL.com's Eric Edholm.

A proposal to ban the tush push was previously introduced during the 2025 offseason, but it only received 22 of a required 24 votes from NFL owners in order to eliminate the play.

Changes may not be coming this offseason, though.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported in Sept. 2025 there are "no assurances" that the tush push issue will be brought up for a vote by the NFL in 2026, as a new proposal would require a new author and more support.

The Athletic also conducted a recent survey of NFL players in which 67 of the 80 respondents were not in favor of banning the tush push.

While the league will seemingly discuss the play once again this offseason, significant changes might not be coming in the near future.